Page 1 of 1
getting a variable's segment and offset address using gcc
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 9:34 pm
by fatman2021
Does anyone knows how to get a variable's segment and offset address using c... I need the information for a VESA driver that I am writing and I will be using protected mode....
Re: getting a variable's segment and offset address using gc
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:28 pm
by Solar
GCC assumes a flat memory model, so unless you've done something really tricky, your segment base will be zero, and the address of the variable is the offset.
Or did I miss something here?
Re: getting a variable's segment and offset address using gc
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:34 am
by Combuster
VBE bios calls require real mode. GCC expects protected mode. Something seems wrong with your design.
Re: getting a variable's segment and offset address using gc
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:42 am
by fatman2021
Combuster wrote:VBE bios calls require real mode. GCC expects protected mode. Something seems wrong with your design.
My OS is designed to switch to real mode every time it needs to to make a VBE BIOS call.
Re: getting a variable's segment and offset address using gc
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 1:52 am
by Combuster
Which means the actual problem is not GCC, but translating from protected mode addresses to real mode addresses.
You do know how physical addresses are calculated in
Real Mode, right? You do know how they are calculated in protected mode? Therefore you will be able to apply one equation to get a physical address, and then the other in reverse to get a segment:offset pair. A good math exercise for practice.
Re: getting a variable's segment and offset address using gc
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 5:28 am
by fatman2021
no, because address conversion is taken care by the interrupt handler:
Code: Select all
[bits 32]
global int32, _int32
struc regs16_t
.di resw 1
.si resw 1
.bp resw 1
.sp resw 1
.bx resw 1
.dx resw 1
.cx resw 1
.ax resw 1
.gs resw 1
.fs resw 1
.es resw 1
.ds resw 1
.ef resw 1
endstruc
%define INT32_BASE 0x7C00
%define REBASE(x) (((x) - reloc) + INT32_BASE)
%define GDTENTRY(x) ((x) << 3)
%define CODE32 GDTENTRY(1) ; 0x08
%define DATA32 GDTENTRY(2) ; 0x10
%define CODE16 GDTENTRY(3) ; 0x18
%define DATA16 GDTENTRY(4) ; 0x20
%define STACK16 (INT32_BASE - regs16_t_size)
section .text
int32: use32 ; by Napalm
_int32:
cli ; disable interrupts
pusha ; save register state to 32bit stack
mov esi, reloc ; set source to code below
mov edi, INT32_BASE ; set destination to new base address
mov ecx, (int32_end - reloc) ; set copy size to our codes size
cld ; clear direction flag (so we copy forward)
rep movsb ; do the actual copy (relocate code to low 16bit space)
jmp INT32_BASE ; jump to new code location
reloc: use32 ; by Napalm
mov [REBASE(stack32_ptr)], esp ; save 32bit stack pointer
sidt [REBASE(idt32_ptr)] ; save 32bit idt pointer
sgdt [REBASE(gdt32_ptr)] ; save 32bit gdt pointer
lgdt [REBASE(gdt16_ptr)] ; load 16bit gdt pointer
lea esi, [esp+0x24] ; set position of intnum on 32bit stack
lodsd ; read intnum into eax
mov [REBASE(ib)], al ; set intrrupt immediate byte from our arguments
mov esi, [esi] ; read regs pointer in esi as source
mov edi, STACK16 ; set destination to 16bit stack
mov ecx, regs16_t_size ; set copy size to our struct size
mov esp, edi ; save destination to as 16bit stack offset
rep movsb ; do the actual copy (32bit stack to 16bit stack)
jmp word CODE16:REBASE(p_mode16) ; switch to 16bit selector (16bit protected mode)
p_mode16: use16
mov ax, DATA16 ; get our 16bit data selector
mov ds, ax ; set ds to 16bit selector
mov es, ax ; set es to 16bit selector
mov fs, ax ; set fs to 16bit selector
mov gs, ax ; set gs to 16bit selector
mov ss, ax ; set ss to 16bit selector
mov eax, cr0 ; get cr0 so we can modify it
and al, ~0x01 ; mask off PE bit to turn off protected mode
mov cr0, eax ; set cr0 to result
jmp word 0x0000:REBASE(r_mode16) ; finally set cs:ip to enter real-mode
r_mode16: use16
xor ax, ax ; set ax to zero
mov ds, ax ; set ds so we can access idt16
mov ss, ax ; set ss so they the stack is valid
lidt [REBASE(idt16_ptr)] ; load 16bit idt
mov bx, 0x0870 ; master 8 and slave 112
call resetpic ; set pic's the to real-mode settings
popa ; load general purpose registers from 16bit stack
pop gs ; load gs from 16bit stack
pop fs ; load fs from 16bit stack
pop es ; load es from 16bit stack
pop ds ; load ds from 16bit stack
sti ; enable interrupts
db 0xCD ; opcode of INT instruction with immediate byte
ib: db 0x00
cli ; disable interrupts
xor sp, sp ; zero sp so we can reuse it
mov ss, sp ; set ss so the stack is valid
mov sp, INT32_BASE ; set correct stack position so we can copy back
pushf ; save eflags to 16bit stack
push ds ; save ds to 16bit stack
push es ; save es to 16bit stack
push fs ; save fs to 16bit stack
push gs ; save gs to 16bit stack
pusha ; save general purpose registers to 16bit stack
mov bx, 0x2028 ; master 32 and slave 40
call resetpic ; restore the pic's to protected mode settings
mov eax, cr0 ; get cr0 so we can modify it
inc eax ; set PE bit to turn on protected mode
mov cr0, eax ; set cr0 to result
jmp dword CODE32:REBASE(p_mode32) ; switch to 32bit selector (32bit protected mode)
p_mode32: use32
mov ax, DATA32 ; get our 32bit data selector
mov ds, ax ; reset ds selector
mov es, ax ; reset es selector
mov fs, ax ; reset fs selector
mov gs, ax ; reset gs selector
mov ss, ax ; reset ss selector
lgdt [REBASE(gdt32_ptr)] ; restore 32bit gdt pointer
lidt [REBASE(idt32_ptr)] ; restore 32bit idt pointer
mov esp, [REBASE(stack32_ptr)] ; restore 32bit stack pointer
mov esi, STACK16 ; set copy source to 16bit stack
lea edi, [esp+0x28] ; set position of regs pointer on 32bit stack
mov edi, [edi] ; use regs pointer in edi as copy destination
mov ecx, regs16_t_size ; set copy size to our struct size
cld ; clear direction flag (so we copy forward)
rep movsb ; do the actual copy (16bit stack to 32bit stack)
popa ; restore registers
sti ; enable interrupts
ret ; return to caller
resetpic: ; reset's 8259 master and slave pic vectors
push ax ; expects bh = master vector, bl = slave vector
mov al, 0x11 ; 0x11 = ICW1_INIT | ICW1_ICW4
out 0x20, al ; send ICW1 to master pic
out 0xA0, al ; send ICW1 to slave pic
mov al, bh ; get master pic vector param
out 0x21, al ; send ICW2 aka vector to master pic
mov al, bl ; get slave pic vector param
out 0xA1, al ; send ICW2 aka vector to slave pic
mov al, 0x04 ; 0x04 = set slave to IRQ2
out 0x21, al ; send ICW3 to master pic
shr al, 1 ; 0x02 = tell slave its on IRQ2 of master
out 0xA1, al ; send ICW3 to slave pic
shr al, 1 ; 0x01 = ICW4_8086
out 0x21, al ; send ICW4 to master pic
out 0xA1, al ; send ICW4 to slave pic
pop ax ; restore ax from stack
ret ; return to caller
stack32_ptr: ; address in 32bit stack after we
dd 0x00000000 ; save all general purpose registers
idt32_ptr: ; IDT table pointer for 32bit access
dw 0x0000 ; table limit (size)
dd 0x00000000 ; table base address
gdt32_ptr: ; GDT table pointer for 32bit access
dw 0x0000 ; table limit (size)
dd 0x00000000 ; table base address
idt16_ptr: ; IDT table pointer for 16bit access
dw 0x03FF ; table limit (size)
dd 0x00000000 ; table base address
gdt16_base: ; GDT descriptor table
.null: ; 0x00 - null segment descriptor
dd 0x00000000 ; must be left zero'd
dd 0x00000000 ; must be left zero'd
.code32: ; 0x01 - 32bit code segment descriptor 0xFFFFFFFF
dw 0xFFFF ; limit 0:15
dw 0x0000 ; base 0:15
db 0x00 ; base 16:23
db 0x9A ; present, iopl/0, code, execute/read
db 0xCF ; 4Kbyte granularity, 32bit selector; limit 16:19
db 0x00 ; base 24:31
.data32: ; 0x02 - 32bit data segment descriptor 0xFFFFFFFF
dw 0xFFFF ; limit 0:15
dw 0x0000 ; base 0:15
db 0x00 ; base 16:23
db 0x92 ; present, iopl/0, data, read/write
db 0xCF ; 4Kbyte granularity, 32bit selector; limit 16:19
db 0x00 ; base 24:31
.code16: ; 0x03 - 16bit code segment descriptor 0x000FFFFF
dw 0xFFFF ; limit 0:15
dw 0x0000 ; base 0:15
db 0x00 ; base 16:23
db 0x9A ; present, iopl/0, code, execute/read
db 0x0F ; 1Byte granularity, 16bit selector; limit 16:19
db 0x00 ; base 24:31
.data16: ; 0x04 - 16bit data segment descriptor 0x000FFFFF
dw 0xFFFF ; limit 0:15
dw 0x0000 ; base 0:15
db 0x00 ; base 16:23
db 0x92 ; present, iopl/0, data, read/write
db 0x0F ; 1Byte granularity, 16bit selector; limit 16:19
db 0x00 ; base 24:31
gdt16_ptr: ; GDT table pointer for 16bit access
dw gdt16_ptr - gdt16_base - 1 ; table limit (size)
dd gdt16_base ; table base address
int32_end: ; end marker (so we can copy the code)
How to pass a pointer to real mode
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:44 am
by Combuster
no, because address conversion is taken care by the interrupt handler:
Well, no. The handler does not do any
conversion, it fixes poor design and a lack of a linker script by manually offsetting all memory operands (which are fixed) to a different location than what the rest of the kernel is executed. The code you posted copies the 32-bit registers to the stack and then
reinterprets them as 16-bit register file in real mode (which is a kind of hack since it reinterprets 8x32-bit registers as 8x16-bit registers and some 16-bit segment registers), so the value for es:bx or whatever pointer argument is going to be whatever argument you called the interrupt with. You'll have to define a position reachable by both real mode and protected mode code, and use that as the argument.
I also believe your question comes as a result of copying some code (a perfect match with coffee-os) without truly understanding it. Go back to your original problem: calling a real mode interrupt, and determine what the register contents should be without even considering the code needed to get to real mode and getting the values into the registers there.
Re: getting a variable's segment and offset address using gc
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 2:16 am
by qw
After all, it's not that difficult. Basically:
Address = base address + offset
PM: base address = whatever is in the descriptor cache
RM: base address = segment address * 16
The base address in the descriptor cache matches the one in the descriptor table (if the latter is not changed) so you may fetch it from there.
Paging may complicate things a bit, because there is no paging in real mode. But you may use V86 mode instead.
Re: getting a variable's segment and offset address using gc
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 3:19 pm
by Combuster
Hobbes wrote:PM: base address = whatever is in the descriptor cache
RM: base address = segment address * 16
Not completely. It's
always the base value from the descriptor cache by design. The difference is that in PM, when you modify a segment register the descriptor cache will contain the base value stored in the relevant GDT entry, while in real mode, it will afterwards contains selector * 16.
Unless you are changing operating modes or GDT entries, it's often convenient to just ignore the descriptor cache as it is most of the time just another level of indirection. That makes the base address equal segment register * 16 in real mode, and gdt/ldt[...].base in protected mode.
Re: getting a variable's segment and offset address using gc
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 5:41 am
by qw
EDIT:
Address = base address + offset
Base address = whatever is in the descriptor cache
Whatever is in the descriptor cache =
RM: segment address * 16
PM: fetched from the descriptor table (LDT or GDT and entry # according to the selector)
the moment a value was loaded into the segment register
Thanks, Combuster. I added the descriptor cache while my thoughts were already halfway.